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OF INTEF "PRODUCTION AND CARE OF CREAM FOR SHIPMENT" Cltmsoa College. May?In view of the increased interest which has re cently been shown in dairying in this state, which has come about partly by the difficulty of growing cotton since the influx of the boll weevil, and .partly because dairying fits so well into diversified system of farming, there has rapidly sprung up a great need and demand for information in * regard to proper production and care of fmilk and cream for shipment to the various creameries and butter factories of the state. The lack of in formation is not surprising, for while the state owns about zzu.uuu aairy cows, heretofore most of their prod ucts has been consumed locally and but very little has been shipped from the farms. Now, however, dairying is begisring to change from a sideline activity to a regular industry and is providing at least a share of the live lihood of many people. It naturally follows therefore that I the sjppiy of dairy products will be! much larger than can be consumed | locally in the form of milk and cream or manufactured into butter' in the homo. Hence, shipment to the vari ous creameries is becoming a neces sity. But many people find them selves unprepared and r.ot properly informed along dairy lines to cope! with this situation. There is noth ing d ffieuit about the production ;:c?er cr.ro of milk and cream to be sh-nncd nor are expensive methods KCCi'Sisry. in oruer uu anoxci v. general way the many inquries which are reaching the Dairy Division concerning this work, and to aid far-j mt-rs in producing a good quality of products and thus securing a higher | price for it, the Extension Service J has published Extension Circular 35, i "Production and Care of Cream forj Shipment." which is now available! for distribution. The publication contains brief dis cussion of the necessity for good cream; how to prepare a good quality of cream, and the shipment of cream. Special emphasis is placed on clean " it liness; on teeas; on separauwn auu cooling practices; and on care in shipping, as factors in good quality and good returns. PEAR BLIGHT damson College.?Blight is the most destructive pear disease with which growers have to contend. It is prisent in practicaJly all pear growing regions and in many places is so severe as to prevent commer - * ??t? u ciai pear prducnon entirely, iv ia caused by bacteria which gain en trance into the tissues while they are lender usually by way of the blossoms and multiplies there. Soon the affected parts die and assume a blackish color. Pear trees with large numbers of blighted twigs are ex treraaeily common. Control is very difficult, as the disease does not respond to spray ing, and there are no commercial pear varieties which are resistant to any extent. Eventually resistemt var ietiee may solve the problem of this disease, but that time has not yet come. A koe+ fkof /?an ha A'V UU^ l/caw vmwv vm.. done is to handle the trees to make them as rasistent as possible and to trim out the dead and cankered branches in the winter time. The trimmings should be burned In or der to prevent over-susceptiiWity ex cessive nitrogen fertilization and too thorough cultivation should be avoided, since these practices induce a large growth of soft shoots which contract the disease very rapidly. In fact, it is better after a few years to leave the trees uncultivated and let them grow in sod. In pruning, all cankered and dead parts should be removed, taking, care to remove three or four inchea of healthy tissues also if possible in order to be sure that all of the dis eased portions are removed. The knife or the cut surface on the tree should be disinfected after each cut or there will be danger of dissemi nating the bacteria by the pruning operation. A solution of cor rosive sublimate in water, 1 to 1 000. is satisfactory for the disin fection. Tlie chemical can be secur ed at any good drug store. The tab let form is convenient for making small amounts of the solution. JEST TO F [ POINTS ABOUT PEANUTS A Good Stand Needed For a Good Yield. Clemson College.?A great many farmers are planting peanuts this year either for feed or as a substi tute cash crop. It is very important, in making a good crop of peanuts to have a good stand. The rows should i be 3 feet apart for the Spanish vari ety and the plants should be 3 inches apart in the row. They will make a larger yield if thicker than that rath er than thinner. A good many farm ers plant their peanuts 6, 8, or 10 inches apart and, of course, get a: very low yield as a result. It is im-i portant to naye a gooa stana to gei; a good yield. It is important also not to plant; nuts which have been shelled for a long time. They deteriorate very' rapidly after being shelled and fori that reason it is best to plant them in the shell or be sure that they are freshly shelled nuts. The safest plan is t? plant thetn in the shell. The peanut is a good crop if properly grown, but to be a success-1 ful crop economically, it should be^ grown at a low cost per acre. If the r.ats are planted thick then culti-j1 vated early with a harrow, it will re- 1 auee tr.e cost oi production ana en able one man to grow a "large acreage thus making it a much more profit able crop per man. For further de- i tails may be had Extension Bulletin ji 45, "Peanuts." BEE ORGANIZATION Clemson College.? Associations!; of bee-keepers have been organized j' within the last year or so in four or j! five different counties, including!^ Anderson, Ocone<e, Orangeburg and York. The advantages of organiza- ' tlons arnons: bee-keeners are of ' course ve>ry great as in any other ease. The principal advantages as suggested by the Extension Bee Specialist are as follows: 1. To establish a co-operative program of action in which the bee-keepers join their efforts in abolishing the great quantity of an tiquated equipment, such as box gums, and introduce modern and profi table methods of bee culture. 2. To come together and educate one another in the proper steps zo take to build up strong colonies for the spring honey flow, instead of tolerating the great amount of win ter dwindling and winter dying which leaves for the spring large numbers of weak colonies entirely incapable of putting across a spring drive for the honey harvest. 3. To develop a local market for this valuable product of our state. 4. To club together in buying bee supplies from season to season at the considerable saving offered by this method. . 5. To harvest the honey crop to the bast advantage and make the proper preparation of the product for the market. 6. To co-operate to prevent the introduction and spread of the no torious brood diseases of bees which are all about us, but which so far, have not yet invaded our state. 7. To offer the bee specialist of ' the Extension "Service of Clemson College the necessary machinery to get tlhe information gained by con tinuous experimental and research work directly before the bee-keep ers, for their best advantage. 8. To foster the planting of honey 1 plants, thus utilizing our waste 1 lands to better advantage; and to conserve our poplars, gums, sour wood and other great honey trees and plants from needless waste. The adoption of bee-keeping as a sole means of livelihood is of course not recommended, but it is urged that equipment be improved and methods of bee culture be adopted that will yield results of profit and enjoyment when bee l i ^ J Keeping u* piwrcuveu vuc vi iuc phases of diversified agriculture or as a side line by people In cities and towns. The sweet potatoes which rot in one year would pay for enough po tato curing houses to save the entire crop. It's a good sign when agriculture produces food for thought as well as food for the body. ARMERS1 11 ,| POINTERS IN PORK PRODUCTION I Clemson College.?At the recent ! meeting of the South Carolina Live- J stock Association, Prof. L. V. Stark- ' ey, Chief of the Animal Husbandry j Division of Clemson College, discuss- I ed "Pork Production," and the fol- \ lowing are some of the points empha- j sized by him. \ 1. The most outstanding present j need of South Carolina livestock men j is good fences. j 2. Foraee croDS are absolutely jj necessary for economical pork pro- ! duction. If our forage crops are ! taken away, we have no chance to ! compete with the corn belt men. j 3. Shade and fresh water are in- j dispensable for hog raising in this J state. I 4. It is very important to select I the right sort of foundation stuff; by I proper selection in the beginning a j breeder may accomplish more than j he can in 10 years' work trying tfcjl build up an inferior foundation herd. 5. Herds should be kept free from lice, barns free from dust, every, where free from stagnant hog wal lows. C. Sows that are fed well about ben days before breeding will pro duce larger litters than if scantily fed at this time. 7. Profits are closely related to the number of pigs which each sow raises. It is highly important to raise a large per cent of the pigs ivhirh nre farrowed. 8. Wh'le it is true that generally! speaking we can do with a small a mount of shelter, in the long run wej must prepare for the worst, because j aur hogs can not endure the cold i spring rains without shelter and good ! sedding. 9. The "soft pork" problem is yet msolved. At the present time South I Carolina hogs are selling "hard" and t is highly important that we keep -.hem selling "hard." For this reason < ive should not be too enthusiastic , jver peanuts as a hog feed,?at least, J lot until we have gotten some data \ ;o prove that peanuts will make pork j iheaper than corn. ] 10. We must get our livestock to narket at lower transportation cost. b. load of cattle sold recently lby Clemson College co?t 58 cents per hundred freight to Baltimore, while the rate from Chicago to Baltimore is 54 cents for the mucji greater dis tance. Marriage is Void Los Angeles, May 16 The mar- i riage of Rudolph Valentino, screen actor and Miss Winifred Hudnut, motion picture art director, which was solemnized at Mexicali, Mexico last Saturday is void in California and the bridegroom has made him self sulbject to criminal process, ac cording to judges of the superior court here. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE Court of Common Pleas. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF E. C. Donald and B. H. Smith, j Plaintiffs j against j Jeff Mattison, - - Defendant, j TO THE DEFENDANT, JEFF MAT TISON: ! You are hereby summoned and j required to answer thfe complaint j in this action, of which a copy is j herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the ! said complaint on the subscriber at J his office at Abbeville CouTt House, j South Carolina, within twenty days j alter tne service nereoi, exclusive wi i the d&y of such service; and if you 1 fail to answer the complaint within | the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in j this action will apply to the Court j for the relief demanded in the com- j plaint. jj WM. P. GREENE, plaintiffs Attorney. < Dated April 21, 1922. To the Defendant, Jeff Mattison, A , Non-Resident: Take notice that the complaint in the above stated action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Abbeville County at Abbeville, South Carolina, on May 1st, 1922, where it is now on file. WM. P. GREENE, Plaintiff's Attorney. Dated May 1, 1922. It wk. 3wks.-Wed. ?s SfHSSSSSSHiRRfSiRSSBSSSSSiSli a __ 1 THE SUMMI COMES 1 . M ft ana wim it comes me ne< uC repairing, and touching uj S on your premises, make them known. We selected supply of Ceiling, and of all other buildim v. times. now being unloaded an warehouse. If you want at the lowest prices, cons Builders Supply A. H. JACKSON, Manager. Lumber Yard at Ice I ff > Toonnvrr innr ^^oocu^y k-ju.nvj.nig j p of the buildings II ants r / -;.q >y us if you will carry a carefully Siding, Flooring r materials at all ipment d placed in our fA kiiT7 fka Uoof LU U1V/ UV^Ol suit. Company PHONE 68 ii Mant. i